Sunday, June 05, 2005
Won't go through every category, but it might be interesting to hear what others have to say about this year's LA Weekly Music Award nominees... Post'em if you got'em:
BEST NEW ARTIST
Although she's hardly considered new to old fans of Lode and Merrick, the one to beat is Inara George who is a longtime local favorite that just put out one of the better records of the year in L.A. or in any city. Gram Rabbit got main stage honors at this year's Coachella. Totally Radd! has the hearts of every eastside scenester. The Vacation works harder onstage and off than pretty much every band nominated. And Angela Correa put out a record we listened to six months straight non-stop but is probably happy just to be nominated. Pick: Inara George.BEST HIP-HOP/RAP ARTIST/DJ
We have such a condensed hip-hop scene that I think this maybe the first year that neither J5 nor Dilated Peoples were nominated. We've been huge fans of Peanut Butter Wolf for years but Z and Saul have been doing there thing just as long. 8-bit's probably laughing their asses off that anyone actually took any of their $hit seriously but those guys (and gal) do work hard regardless of their half-ass stigma. And if you've ever seen Dakah you know the future of hip-hop. So who to pick? Yeesh: Peanut Butter Wolf.
BEST ROCK BAND
Tsar. No doubt. No question. And it's about time. BEST SINGER-SONGWRITER
We've seen pretty much every singer-songwriter in L.A. worth seeing so this is actually a pretty difficult pick, especially since all the artists are pretty worthy of some recognition. So the easy pick is Anne McCue who's done it all and has enough talent to win much bigger awards than this, ones that rhyme with Crammy. Plus, she's active in the scene, going out to other artist's shows and supporting important events. She's also Aussie and we love that accent. So I guess I've made up my mind although this is a pretty even race.
BEST PUNK/HARDCORE BAND
I guess The Mae Shi, however The Mormons is by far the best punk band in L.A. right now. I mean have you heard "Half Polyester Protection"?
BEST HARD ROCK/METAL BAND
Year Future... although the answer is really The BellRays.
BEST POP/ROCK BAND
Marjorie Fair.
LATIN ROCK
Los Abandoned.
BEST ELECTRONIC DJ
DJ Irene.
BEST CLASSICAL ARTIST
The Section Quartet.
BEST RADIO SHOW
I don't listen to radio that much but I have to admit Indie 103.1's "Check... 123" is doing great things supporting local bands on commercial airwaves. I realize KXLU, KCRW and every other station in the 88-92 spectrum have been doing that for decades but anything that takes away demos from KROQ is a good thing. By the way, Anne Litt
remains to be the most underrated DJ in Los Angeles. She back announces better than anybody, supports L.A. bands, and has the least annoying voice of anybody during pledge drives in the history of public broadcasting (hint, Ruth Seymour).BEST HOME 4-, 8-, OR 16-TRACK RECORDING
Petra Haden. Duh.
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i totally agree about the mormons. also why wasnt space mtn or black pine nominated?!? they're frreakin amazing.
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: 6/06/2005 07:09:00 PM
: 6/06/2005 07:09:00 PM
LOL!! Ruth Seymour . . . yeah that voice is like fingernails on chalkboards. . .
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